Improvement in scoops for raising sunken coal



B. STILES.

Scoops for Raising Sunken-Coal. 138,541.

Patente'd May 6,1873.

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ROBERT STILES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCOOPS FOR RAISING SUNKEN COAL.

Specification forming pal-rt of Letters Patent No. 138,541, dated May 6, 1873; application filed April 2, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

' tion, in which-.-

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention.

My invention relates to dredging or lifting coal out of the water; vand it consists of a square metal frame provided with a socket on one side, into which a handle of any required length may be secured for guiding and operating the same, the frame being balanced eentrally on a bail, to which a rope or chain is atcached to letit down and lift up the coal, the forward edge being serrated for digging, and the bucket or sack being made of chains Woven together for scoopin g up and draining the coal, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A A is a metal frame having one edge serrated, a a a, with series of holes b b b, into which the chains are secured to form the sack E. B is the bail for lowering and raising the scoop. G is the socket, and D is the handle for guiding and operating the implement. e e e are chains woven together in such a manner as to make a bag or sack to receive, lift up, and drain a quantity of coal from a sunken barge and place it in another by attaching the scoop to a rope or chain to be operated by a windlass, rope andtackle, or other suitable mechanism, the handle D being used to manipulate the scoop E for charging the same as it is drawn forward by the bail B and also for guiding and discharging the contents after being raised out of the water.

The chain-sackE, in combination with the metal scoop-frame A, serrated edge a a, .bail B, socket O, and handle D, constructed and arranged to operate as and for the 'purpose set forth. 1

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

ROBERT STILES.

Witnesses 4 ISAAC B. MATsoN, WM. PRICE. 

